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Transport

EV adoption in Southeast Asia shows promise but more incentives needed to scale mobility across markets

Despite strong growth in electric vehicle uptake over the past decade, Southeast Asia's transition remains uneven. Solutions such as carbon credits could provide an additional revenue stream to improve project bankability, amid evolving regulations and market demand.
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Policy & Finance

China-led AI bloc could narrow digital divide, expand global influence

As China launches the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) to support AI training in developing countries, academics offer contrasting views on how it could extend Beijing’s global influence, much like the Belt and Road, while warning how it may intensify rivalry with the US-led Pax Silica initiative.
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Transport

Investigators find Laos’s illegal wildlife trade thriving despite crackdowns

Laotian authorities say they’ve seized illegal wildlife products and launched investigations, but conservation groups argue enforcement remains too limited to disrupt the broader network.
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Carbon & Climate

Warming climate puts Southeast Asia’s forests near thermal limits: study

Countless forest-dwelling species depend on the cooler, moister and more stable conditions found in the understory, beneath leafy tree canopies.

All Laos News

6 July 2026

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Carbon & Climate

Illegal timber from Cambodia and Laos bypasses Vietnam safeguards: report

2 July 2026

Electric vehicle manufacturing in China

Transport

China's EV exports rise 49 per cent year-on-year as Asean demand powers growth

1 July 2026

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Transport

Asean poised for US$8.5bn windfall from UN-backed airline carbon scheme

27 May 2026

[2] Laos said that it will temporarily suspend imports of petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles until the end of 2026.

Transport

Laos suspends fuel-powered vehicle imports in drive to accelerate EV adoption

5 May 2026

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Energy

Vietnam’s race to go nuclear leaves villagers in limbo

24 March 2026

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Cities

'Milestone' improvement in Southeast Asia's 2025 air quality, but still short of WHO limit

17 March 2026

E-tuktuk in Laos

Transport

Laos slashes EV fees, hikes petrol car charges to curb fuel use

13 February 2026

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Policy & Finance

Asean needs to improve acceptance of 'amber' transition activities: finance leaders

11 February 2026

Terengganu floods

Policy & Finance

Southeast Asia can tap bond markets, improve taxonomies to fill adaptation finance gap: report

26 January 2026

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Energy

Can Southeast Asia keep the lights on for solar projects as costs rise?

20 January 2026

Luang Prabang, Laos

Carbon & Climate

Laos enforces nationwide burn ban as air pollution worsens in dry season

16 January 2026

Chao Praya River, Bangkok, Thailand

Cities

Bangkok, Vientiane choke as hazardous haze pushes air pollution beyond health limits

12 January 2026

Journalists interviewing a wildlife ranger

Policy & Finance

Asia's climate journalists among those most physically threatened for their work

24 November 2025

Patuxai monument in Laos

Energy

Laos races to expand renewables as net zero ambitions come into focus

28 October 2025

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Lifestyle

Rewilding travel: Southeast Asia’s top ecotourism destinations

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Cities

Street vendors are struggling with rising temperatures

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